Space Shuttle Missions

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I grew up near Cape Canaveral and saw most of the Apollo Launches. When I saw these patches I was like wow.
Very sad to hear the Space Program taking a back seat. lets hope the people will let the higher ups now Space is the future.

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Final Night launch

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Facts About the Space Shuttles




Whether awaiting liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pads or undergoing Space-Age upgrades, NASA's space shuttle orbiters -- Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour -- are majestic in appearance, intricate in design, and infinite in the possibilities they offer mankind in the exploration of our universe.

Image at left: Billowing clouds of smoke and steam roll away from the launch pad while the water below captures the brilliance of the flames as the space shuttle soars above the lightning mast. Credit: NASA/KSC



Image above: In the waning light after sundown, the space shuttle touches down on Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway. Credit: NASA/KSC

• Space Shuttle Atlantis
• Space Shuttle Challenger
• Space Shuttle Columbia
• Space Shuttle Discovery
• Space Shuttle Endeavour
• Launch Processing

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Some History of when the Challenger Exploded. I saw it and I knew something was wrong that cold and freezing day Jan 28, 1986

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9313918

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Shuttle Silhouette

In a very unique setting over Earth's colorful horizon, the silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this photo by an Expedition 22 crew member on board the International Space Station, as the shuttle approached for its docking on Feb. 9 during the STS-130 mission.

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Endeavour Brings Tranquility

Backdropped by the blackness of space, space shuttle Endeavour was photographed by the Expedition 22 crew as the shuttle approached the International Space Station during STS-130 rendezvous and docking operations on Feb. 9, 2010. The Tranquility node can be seen in the shuttle's payload bay.

Image Credit: NASA

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Astronauts Complete Spacewalk Early After Ammonia Leak

Crew working on Tranquility module, which was delivered by space shuttle

The International Space Station's newest room has working power after spacewalking astronauts managed to hook up plumbing to the module despite a leak of ammonia coolant.

Astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick finished all tasks planned for their second spacewalk Sunday, but NASA ended the six-hour walk early because of the ammonia mishap.

Patrick came into contact with a small amount of the leaking coolant during the spacewalk, but the frozen toxic drops did not stick to his space suit.

Behnken and Patrick went outside the orbiting laboratory to hook up exterior fluid lines for ammonia coolant. Most of the systems in the new module, named Tranquility, could not be turned on without a way to get rid of the heat generated by the equipment.

The astronauts have one more scheduled spacewalk to complete work on the Tranquility room and its attached observation deck.

Astronauts attached the newly-delivered module to the space station Friday, and entered the new room later in the day.

NASA says the 792-cubic-meter observatory will provide spectacular views of Earth and will allow station personnel to monitor spacewalks.

Four more shuttle missions to the International Space Station are planned before the end of this year when the U.S. shuttle fleet will be retired.

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Let There Be Light!

Endeavour pilot Terry Virts opened the windows of the newly installed cupola one at a time early Wednesday, giving spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick an early look into the International Space Station's room with a view that they had helped install.

The cupola's fully opened windows look down on the Sahara Desert in this image that was 'tweeted' from space by JAXA astronaut and Expedition 22 flight engineer Soichi Noguchi.

Image Credit: NASA